• JavaFX is a graphical user interface toolkit
•  JavaFX APIs are bundled with the Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) and the Java Development Kit (JDK ).
• JavaFx allows Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to style JavaFX applications.
• has Swing intgeroperabitlity
• RichText Support
• 3D graphics

Controls in JavaFX

• The start() method is the main entry
  point for all JavaFX applications. The main() method simply invoke Application.launch() method.
• Stage: A JavaFX application defines the user interface container by with "stage" and a "scene", contours.
•  Stage class is the top-level JavaFX container, where as Scene Class is the container for all content
• The Scene class displays the objects, and represented as a hierarchical nodes.
• A JavaFX Node is a base class for all scene graph nodes to be rendered. A scene graph will contain children nodes by using a container class such as the Group or
  Pane class
  • Scene.layout overview
    
  • Here root node is a StackPane
  • Other SubClasses:
    • AnchorPane, allows the positioning of its child Nodes relative to the edges of the AnchorPane
    • BorderPane,
    • DialogPane,
    • FlowPane,arranges its child nodes in a straight line, one after the other. The layout is horizontal by default, and can be changed to vertical by setting
      pane.setOrientation(Orientation.VERTICAL)
    • GridPane, sets child Nodes in a “grid” of rows and columns
    • HBox,
    • PopupControl.CSSBridge,
    • StackPane,
    •  TextFlow,
    • TilePane,
    • VBox